Some time ago I lamented that my days of MX on heavy European Maico's and Husqvarna's required Real Skill and were mocked by young'uns flying like birds and doing double backs, landing from on high on little cat feet...and I smugly attributed it all to the hp/lb and suspension magic of today's bikes...

And now this little bastid puts the lie to all of that with on a tiny rigid BMX...damn.

Park bikes are pretty much BMX geometry with 24-26" rims, sometimes with or without suspension forks and disc brakes. Typically designed for skate parks and urban free-ride/trials riding like Danny does in the video.

Ups the respect when you realize its not a "little" BMX, but a grownup size 30 or so pound bike.

Thanks, Tam, I used that in class this morning. I've got a student with a lot of issues who doesn't want to do any work and is good at getting adults to read to him and write for him. We journal with a photo projected on the wall as a prompt, but his journals are usually one sentence, such as "Life is a bitch" or "Life is another day." He loves bikes, though. I found the video on the Red Bull site so it would come through our web filter, and it got me about half a page from him. That ride on the front wheel is an "endo," and that's what my student wants to learn.

If you go to the Red Bull site, there's an entire series about this video. The other five are behind-the-scenes, showing stages of a year-long leadup to filming this one. When they started, Macaskill was injured and not sure he'd be able to recover in time to get it done (and that was before they even had a script; they just knew he wanted to do something big.) I haven't had time to watch the rest of the series, but I think I will. I'm recovering from surgery right now, staying out of the gym, and maybe I can learn something. Patience, if nothing else.http://imaginate.redbull.com